text_original: If he had he would have been laughed at for his pains. For old men had heard them from their grandfathers, generation after genera  tion, and the gray grandsires always began to tell them, saying: "So 'twas told to me when I was such a tiny child as thou art."
text_transcription: IF HE HAD HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LAUGHED AT FOR HIS PAINS FOR OLD MEN HAD HEARD THEM FROM THEIR GRANDFATHERS GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AND THE GRAY GRANDSIRES ALWAYS BEGAN TO TELL THEM SAYING SO IT WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS SUCH A TINY CHILD AS THOU ART
phonemes: ɪf hiː hæd hiː wʊdhɐv bˌɪn lˈæft æt fɔːɹ hɪz pˈeɪnz. fɔːɹ ˈoʊld mˈɛn hæd hˈɜːd ðˌɛm fɹʌm ðɛɹ ɡɹˈændfɑːðɚz, dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən ˈæftɚ dʒˈɛnɚɹə tɪˈɑːn, ænd ðə ɡɹˈeɪ ɡɹˈændsaɪɚz ˈɔːlweɪz bɪɡˈæn tə tˈɛl ðˌɛm, sˈeɪɪŋ: "sˌoʊ twˈɑːz tˈoʊld tə mˌiː wɛn aɪ wʌz sˈʌtʃ ɐ tˈaɪni tʃˈaɪld æz ðˈaʊ ˈɑːɹt."